Ed
All our red spruce sites are special, but of course I'm pleased to
find big/tall ones. Mohawk has a 117-footer that's 7.8 feet in girth.
That's as good as they get. The now dead Greylock spruce was an
anomalie.
Bob
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On Oct 20, 2009, at 8:21 PM, "Edward Frank" <[email protected]> wrote:
> Tim, Bob,
>
> I am not sure what a good size would be for Red Spruce in Mass. One
> comment though is that pockets of trees left behind by logging,
> those specimens at the limits of their range, or existing as
> disjunct populations are not always the largest of their species.
> Indeed they are often stunted and small in size when compared to
> those in the heart of their range which belies the actual age of the
> specimens. When looking at uncommon species like this, you should
> be considering how old they might be based upon their form and
> associated trees and not jus ton size. Exemplary size should not be
> the only criterion for determining the worth of a site or tree
> specimen, or whether or not it is worth documenting, or studying.
>
> Ed
>
> "Oh, I call myself a scientist. I wear a white coat and probe a
> monkey every now and then, but if I put monetary gain ahead of
> preserving nature...I couldn't live with myself." - Professor Hubert
> Farnsworth
>
> >
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